I may have a big problem here ....
I am very afraid my garden "Toad Abode" has become a "Mouse House". Last time we had mice in the hostas and ivy, they grew to monstrous size from the copious amounts of bird seed put out for the fur covered birds. I wound up dislocating three fingers from "interactions" with them. What do I do now????!!!???
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
Turn Ed D. into a cat?
I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.
Originally Posted by rainbowchaser
Oh! I get it, that's funny!
Relaxed and now a Full Time Trout Bum, Est. 2024
Does Betty really want me tom-cattin' around her place? Would the neighbors put up with it? I think not.
Besides, what good is replacing mice with a rat?
Betty, get somebody else to set the traps.
I know a woodsman from Nunica, MI...
And to make this a hijack, (and speaking of toads and such) I hear that Newt Gingrich entered the presidential race today.
Popperfly, I don't exactly play with mice, but do you know how hard it is to comb dubbing off the little darlings?
Ed
Last edited by EdD; 05-23-2011 at 06:36 PM.
Newt . thats a good one!
I am learning a bunch here!
Relaxed and now a Full Time Trout Bum, Est. 2024
Since it's a reoccurring problem, removing the mice will only be temporary. Best bet, remove the habitat and the food source and they'll move on, just as they did before setting up house at your place.
One thing that has worked so-so ( In our case squirrels ) was to hang one and only only feeder out in the middle of open ground that has no obstructions to flight or sight for long distances. Doing that lures the little rats out into the open where Owls and Hawks can set up on them.
The downside, if you've got Dove's ( as we did - past tense ) hanging around the base of your feeder, you'll have piles of Dove down floating around your yard after a few days.
Around here most of our little critter problems are kept in check by the Coyote, Fox, Bobcat, Hawk, Owl, Rattlesnake and King snake populations. But then the larger of those predators account for a lot of missing cats and small dogs too.
Best, Dave
Last edited by Dave E; 05-13-2011 at 03:06 PM.
Ed, are you suggesting turning Newt into a cat? That would be at least one politician who was good for something!
I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.
And mousing is the only legitimate reason to have a cat around.
Kevin
Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some person ever reads.
So, Betty, did ya see the photos a week or so back somebody posted of a couple nice browns what had their bellies full a mice ??
Maybe whatcha oughta do is get a live trap and go to slingin' bait fer awhile................Dan
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
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